DITAL AND DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK PART

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1. ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are examples of

_________ encoding.
a. Digital-to-digital
b. Digital-to-analog
c. Analog-to analog
d. Analog-to-digital
2. Unipolar, bipolar, and polar encoding are types of
___________ encoding.
a. Digital-to-digital
b. Digital-to-analog
c. Analog-to-analog
d. Analog-to-digital
3. PCM is an example of __________ encoding.
a. Digital-to-digital
b. Digital-to-analog
c. Analog-to analog
d. Analog-to-digital
4. AM and FM are examples of ________ encoding.
a. Digital-to-digital
b. Digital-to-analog
c. Analog-to analog
d. Analog-to-digital
5. In QAM, both phase and ________ of a carrier
frequency are varied.
a. Amplitude
b. Frequency
c. Bit rate
d. Baud rate
6. Which of the following is most affected by noise?
a. PSK
b. ASK
c. FSK
d. QAM
7. If the frequency spectrum of a signal has a
bandwidth of 500 Hz with the highest frequency at
600 Hz, what should be the sampling rate according
to the Nyquist theorem?
a. 200 samples/sec
b. 500 samples/sec
c. 1000 samples/sec
d. 1200 samples/sec
8. If the baud rate is 400 for a 4-PSK, the bit rate is
______ bps.
a. 100
b. 400
c. 800
d. 1600
9. Determine the channel capacity of a 4 kHz
channel with S/N = 10 dB.
a. 8.02 kbps

b. 4.17 kbps
c. 13.74 kbps
d. 26.58 kbps
10. If the bit rate for an ASK signal is 1200 bps, the
baud rate is
a. 300
b. 400
c. 600
d. 1200
11. Which encoding method uses alternating
positive and negative values for 1s?
a. NRZ-I
b. RZ
c. Manchester
d. AMI
12. If the maximum value of a PCM signal is 31 and
the minimum value is -31, how many bits were used
for coding?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
13. Deliberate violations of alternate mark inversion
are used in which type of digital-to-digital
encoding?
a. AMI
b. B8ZS
c. RZ
d. Manchester
14. RZ encoding involves _______ levels of signal
amplitude.
a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
15. If the transmission rate of a digital
communication system of 10 Mbps modulation
scheme used in 16-QAM, determined the bandwidth
efficiency.
a. 16 bits/cycle
b. 4 bits/cycle
c. 8 bits/cycle
d. 2 bits/cycle
16. In _________ transmission, bits are transmitted
simultaneously, each across its own channel .
a. Asynchronous serial
b. Synchronous serial
c. Parallel
d. A and B
17. Data are sent over pin ________ of the EIA-RS232 interface.
a. 2

b. 3
c. 4
d. All of the above
18. In the EIA-RS-232 standard what does -12V on
a data pin represent?
a. 1
b. 0
c. Undefined
d. Either 1 or 0 depending on the coding
scheme
19. The majority of the pins f the EIA-RS-232
interface are used for _____ purpose.
a. Control
b. Timing
c. Data
d. Testing
20. X-21 uses a _____ connector.
a. DB-15
b. DB-25
c. DB37
d. DB-9
21. If you have two close, compatible DTEs that
can communicate data that do not need to be
modulated. A good interface would be ________.
a. A null modem
b. An EIA-RS-232 modem
c. A DB-45 connector
d. A transceiver
22. What is the object of trellis coding??
a. To narrow bandwidth
b. To simplify encoding
c. To increase data rate
d. To reduce the error rate
23. In trellis coding. The number of the data bits is
_____ the number of transmitted bits.
a. Equal to
b. Less than
c. More than
d. Double that of
24. Which ITU-T modem uses trellis coding?
a. V.33
b. V.34
c. V.39
d. V.37
25. The signal between two modems is always
a. Digital
b. Analog
c. PSK
d. QAM
26. For digital communications, determine the
signal to noise ratio in dB which would be required
for an ideal channel with a bandwidth of 2500 Hz.

a. 5
b. 9.54 dB
c. 4.77 dB
d. 3.4
27. For a PCM system with a maximum decoded
voltage at the receiver of 2.55 V and minimum
dynamic range of 46 dB, determine the maximum
quantization error.
a. 5.0 V
b. 0.5 V
c. 0.005 V
d. 0.05 V
28. Determine the bandwidth efficiency for QPSK
modulation scheme at a transmission rate of 10
Mbps.
a. 2 bits/cycle
b. 4 bits/cycle
c. 8 bits/cycle
d. 16 bits/cycle
29. A modulator converts a (an) ______ signal to a
(an) __________ signal.
a. Digital, analog
b. Analog, digital
c. PSK, FSK
d. FSK, PSK
30. Which of the following modulation techniques
are used by modems?
a. 16-QAM
b. FSK
c. 8-PSK
d. All of the above
31. A broadcast TV channel has a bandwidth of 6
MHz. Ignoring noise, calculate the maximum data
rate that could be carried in a TV channel using a
16-level code and determine the minimum possible
signal-to-noise ratio in dB for the calculated data
rate.
a. 24 Mbps, 48 dB
b. 48 Mbps, 24 dB
c. 24 Mbps, 24 dB
d. 48 Mbps, 48 dB
32. Which of the following modems uses FSK
modulation?
a. Bell 103
b. Bell 201
c. Bell 212
d. All of the above
33. A maximum length of 50 feet is specified in
standard __________.
a. EIA-RS-449
b. EIA-RS-232
c. EIA-RS-423

d. RS-422
34. A cable range of 40 to _____ feet is possible
according to the EIA-RS-449 standard.
a. 50
b. 400
c. 500
d. 4000
35. What is the bandwidth required to transmit at a
rate of 10Mbits/sec in the presence of a 28 dB S/N
ratio?
a. 107.5 kHz
b. 3.57 MHz
c. 357.14 kHz
d. 1.075 MHz
36. The maximum data rate for RS-442 is ________
times that of the maximum RS-423 data rate.
a. 0.1
b. 10
c. 100
d. 500
37. For an Ethernet bus that is 500 meters in length
using a cable with a velocity factor of 0.66, and a
communication rate of 10 Mb/s, calculate the total
number of bits that would be sent by each station
before it detects a collision, if both stations begin to
transmit at the same time.
a. 25 bits
b. 30 bits
c. 19 bits
d. 41 bits
38. A ______ is a device that is a source of or a
destination for binary digital data.
a. Data terminal equipment
b. Data transmission equipment
c. Digital terminal encoder
d. Data-circuit terminating equipment
39. An asynchronous communications system uses
ASCII at 9600 bps with eight bits, one start bit, one
stop bit and no parity bit. Express the data rate in
words per minute. (Assume a word has five
characters and one space).
a. 9600 wpm
b. 57600 wpm
c. 160 wpm
d. 11520 wpm
40. A telephone line has a bandwidth of 3.2 kHz
and a signal-to-noise ratio of 34 dB. A signal is
transmitted down this line using a four-level code.
What is the maximum theoretical data rate ?
a. 12.8 kbps
b. 6.4 kbps
c. 36.144 kbps

d. 18.072 kbps
41. For a binary phase shift keying (BPSK)
modulation with a carrier frequency of 80 MHz and
an input bit rate of 10 Mbps. Determine the
minimum Nyquist bandwidth.
a. 40 MHz
b. 10 MHz
c. 20 MHz
d. 50 MHz
42. The EIA standard specified in the EIA-232
standard is ______ volts.
a. Greater than -15
b. Less than -15
c. Between -3 and -15
d. Between 3 and 15
43. For a quaternary phase shift keying (QPSK)
modulation, data with a carrier frequency of 70
MHz, and input bit rate of 10 Mbps, determine the
minimum Nyquist bandwidth.
a. 10 MHz
b. 5 MHz
c. 20 MHz
d. 40 MHz
44. 12 voice channels are sampled at 8000 sampling
rate and encoded into 8-bit PCM word. Determine
the rate of the data stream.
a. 768 kbps
b. 12 kbps
c. 12.8 kbps
d. 46.08 kbps
45. The encoding method specified in the EIA-232
standard is _________.
a. NRZ-I
b. NRZ-L
c. Manchester
d. Differential Manchester
46. A binary digital signal is to be transmitted at 10
Kbits/s , what absolute minimum bandwidth is
required to pass the fastest information change
undistorted?
a. 5 kHz
b. 10 kHz
c. 20 kHz
d. 2.5 kHz
497. A coherent binary phase shift keyed (BPSK)
transmitter operates at a bit rate of Mbps with a
carrier to noise ratio C/N of 8.8 dB. Find Eb/No.
a. 8.8 dB
b. 16.16 dB
c. 21.81 dB
d. 18.8 dB
48. The EIA-RS-232 interface has _______ pins.

a. 20
b. 36
c. 25
d. 19
49. The EIA-RS-232 standard defines _________
characteristics of the DTE-DCE interface.
a. Mechanical
b. Electrical
c. Function
d. All of the above
50. For sample rate of 30 kHz in a PCM system,
determine the maximum analog input frequency .
a. 30 kHz
b. 15 kHz
c. 60 kHz
d. 45 kHz.
ANSWERS
1. Digital-to-analog
2. Digital-to-digital
3. Analog-to-digital
4. Analog-to analog
5. Amplitude
6. ASK
7. 1200 samples/sec
8. 800
9. 13.74 kbps
10. 1200
11. AMI
12. 6
13. B8ZS
14. 3
15. 4 bits/cycle
16. Parallel
17. 2
18. 1
19. Control
20. DB-15
21. A null modem
22. To reduce the error rate
23. Less than
24. V.33
25. Analog
26. 4.77 dB
27. 0.005 V
28. 2 bits/cycle
29. Digital, analog
30. All of the above
31. 48 Mbps, 24 dB
32. Bell 103
33. EIA-RS-232
34. 4000

35. 1.075 MHz

36. 100
37. 25 bits
38. Data terminal equipment
39. 9600 wpm
40. 12.8 kbps
41. 10 MHz
42. Between 3 and 15
43. 5 MHz
44. 768 kbps
45. NRZ-L
46. 5 kHz
47. 8.8 dB
48. 25
49. All of the above
50. 15 kHz